EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.3
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
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Hunting facilities
(1) Sites for hunting hides or for bait for wild boar in hunting districts that do not belong to
the national government or state require the approval of the National Parks Office;
approval is considered to have been granted if it has not been refused four weeks after the
receipt of the request from the persons authorised to hunt. Permission is not granted for
fixed hunting hides in the game reserves and non-hunting areas according to § 3 and the
eyrie protection zones existing around the breeding grounds of endangered species of
birds; exceptions may be granted by the National Parks Office in the case of hunting
districts that do not belong to the state.
(2) The creation or upkeep of bait areas is permitted solely for the purposes of regulating
the stocks of wild boar. Only grain maize, cereal or fruit from trees may be provided in a
total quantity not exceeding one kilogram per day and bait area and in such a way that it is
difficult for other species to consume it.
(3) Any wild meadows which have mainly been created by natural seeding and which can
be reached by game all year round may be maintained by mowing. The area proportion of
wild meadows within the national parks is basically limited to 0.5 per cent of the timber
land area. Efforts must be made to achieve the best possible distribution of wild meadows.
The planting or sowing of areas in order to create or maintain wild fields or permanent
green grazing areas is not allowed.
(4) The feeding of game in the national parks is not allowed. Times of extraordinary
hardship are excepted from this feeding ban. The Lower Hunting Authority shall, in
agreement with the National Parks Office, define the times of extraordinary hardship as in
sentence 2 ex officio and shall inform those persons entitled to hunt. The nature of the
feed and the way in which the feed is provided shall be determined in the same way. The
establishment or upkeep of stationary feed facilities is not permitted; exceptions may be
permitted by the Lower Hunting Authority in agreement with the National Parks Office.
(5) The establishment or upkeep of hunting enclosures of any types is not permitted.
Exceptions may be granted by the Higher Hunting Authority in agreement with the Higher
Nature Conservation Authority for scientific investigations relating to the protective purpose
of the national park and for measures to combat animal diseases.
(6) Hunting with traps is not permitted; exceptions may be granted by the National Parks
Offices for scientific investigations relating to the protective purpose of the national park,
for measures to protect against birds of prey in coastal nesting areas and for measures to
combat animal diseases.
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Misdemeanours
Anyone who deliberately or negligently commits the following actions shall be considered
to have committed a misdemeanour as defined in § 41 para. 3 no. 5 of the State Hunting
Law. Those who
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